Quotes About Charm

He had the appeal of a very young dog of a very large breed -- a kind of amiable absurdity.

I think there is nothing like a rubber-capped thumb and a bandaged knee to render a woman practically irresistible.

She would grace his home with her charm and beauty and she would make his bed joyous, all without ever having to shame his hearth with another man's memory of her shamelessness.

The idea of a Universe didn't fit into their world picture, so to speak. They simply couldn't cope with it. And so, charmingly, delightfully, intelligently, whimsically if you like, they decided to destroy it.

A man when he is making up to anybody can be cordial and gallant and full of little attentions and altogether charming. But when a man is really in love he can't help looking like a sheep.

Mrs. Cavendish: I am charming to my friends one day, and forget all about them the next.

There is the natural liar...Always says the thing that sounds best.

I was wrong about that young man of yours. A man when he is making up to anybody can be cordial and gallant and full of little attentions and altogether charming. But when a man is really in love, he can't help looking like a sheep. Now, whenever that young man looked at you, he looked like a sheep. I take back all I said this morning. It is genuine.

They knew, none better, the havoc caused by a good-looking young man to the hearts of adolescent girls.

Nice looking young lady, but the ordinary kind, not glamourous, no Hollywood touch about her.

Mr. Hastings—you are always so kind, and you know such a lot." It struck me at this moment that Cynthia was really a very charming girl! Much more charming than Mary, who never said things of that kind.

dangerously polite.

It's rather like Happy Families, isn't it?Mrs Legal, the lawyer's wife, Miss Dose, the doctor's daughter, etc. ... So sweet and funny and old-world. You just can't think of anything nasty happening here, can you?

The subjects of them did not look tragic. They looked, actually, rather ridiculous, since nearly all of them were dressed in the style of a bygone day, and nothing is more ridiculous than the fashions of yesterday—though in another thirty years or so their charm may have reappeared, or at any rate be once more apparent.

You've brought out your best butter." [you're laying on the flattery thickly]

Women, however charming, have this disadvantage: They distract the mind from food! You

Ahh it rejoices the heart. Nothing here offends the eye" ~Hercule Poirot (Agatha Christie)

Her eyes seemed larger and more feverish, her chin more decided. She was pale and had circles under her eyes. But her charm was as great as ever, her childish eagerness just as intense.

Seeing Jane's beauty and appreciating the charm that her exquisitely husky voice lent to the most trite utterances, I could hardly wonder at his capitulation. But one can get used to perfect beauty and an intoxicating voice! It crossed my mind that perhaps even now a ray of common sense was dissipating the mists of intoxicated love

Yet he had a certain charm of manner, and I fancied that, if one really knew him well, one could have a deep affection for him.

A charming creature and a lady—but then that was the kind of woman who invariably did get left, in Mr. Treves' experience.

Lady Veronica was not an unknown hazard. She was a charming woman [..] and very delightful when she was, as they put it herself - but unfortunately at unpredictable intervals, she was not herself. Her husband, Major Carlton-Sandways coped fairly well.

She sipped once more.

Graceful phrases fell from his lips in polished French.